Alexander Green is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. Dr. Green obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University in 2010 and his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 2005. He conducted postdoctoral research at the Wyss Institute at Harvard. He was an assistant professor at Arizona State University from 2015 to 2020.
Dr. Green has pursued research in diverse areas ranging from synthetic biology to self-assembly to carbon nanomaterials with applications in flexible electronics, energy, and low-cost diagnostics. Dr. Green is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Computational & Evolutionary Molecular Biology (2017) and the recipient of an NIH New Innovator Award (2017), a DARPA Young Faculty Award (2017), a DARPA Young Faculty Award Director’s Fellowship (2019), and an NIH Transformative Research Award (2024). He has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications that have accumulated over 16,000 citations, including ones in Cell, Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemistry, and Nature Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Green has over 35 issued patents. He has received over $10 million in external funding since starting his independent career.
aagreen [at] bu.edu
Academic Appointments and Education
2023-Present
Boston University, Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering Department
2021-2023
Boston University, Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Department
2021-2024
Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor
The Biodesign Institute and School of Molecular Sciences
2015-2020
Arizona State University, Assistant Professor
The Biodesign Institute and School of Molecular Sciences
2010-2014
Wyss Institute at Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisors: Peng Yin & James J. Collins
2005-2010
Northwestern University, NSERC Graduate Fellow
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Mark C. Hersam
2001-2005
University of Toronto
B.A.Sc. with Honours in Engineering Science, Nanoengineering Option
Advisors: Edward H. Sargent & R. J. Dwayne Miller
Other Positions
2025-Present
Gardn Biosciences, Co-Founder
2023-Present
En Carta Diagnostics, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor